Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping used the Touch Dragon Staff and its toxins to suppress Cui Yajie and Zhu Lu during the Soul Fighting. After Zhu Lu nearly fell into his arms, Dai Huabin flew into a rage, escalating the clash with Wu Feng's side.

• Chen Ping avoided Cui Yajie's Charm by turning away from her gaze.
• Chen Ping deflected Zhu Lu's Hell Stab, then struck Cui Yajie with his poisoned staff as she attacked with her fox tails.
• Cui Yajie warned Zhu Lu that Chen Ping's staff toxin had effects beyond the three listed in their intelligence.
• Chen Ping's toxins made Cui Yajie's ears buzz and blurred her vision, preventing her from aiming her Fox Tail Needle.
• Chen Ping used the Forward and Reverse Turning Staff to strike Zhu Lu's lower leg and make her stagger, prompting Dai Huabin to fly into a rage.

Chen Ping explained why Tool Soul Masters usually trailed Beast Soul Masters, then used his staff techniques and layered poisons to turn the battle against Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie. Cui Yajie was carried from the arena after her Poison Burst emptied her Soul Power, while Dai Huabin was hit by the spreading poison as he tried to help Zhu Lu.

• Chen Ping reasoned that Tool Soul Masters’ reliance on Soul Power cultivation and the secrecy of Self-Created Soul Skills explained their usual disadvantage against Beast Soul Masters.
• Chen Ping’s accelerated Staff Flourish blocked Zhu Lu’s Nether Hundred Claws and forced her to retreat, leaving Cui Yajie exposed.
• Chen Ping struck Cui Yajie repeatedly, raising her poison layers from two to five until her Poison Burst splashed five types of poison across the arena.
• The referee carried Cui Yajie away and realized that her Soul Power had been spent to create the Poison Bubbles.
• Dai Huabin broke past Wu Feng to help Zhu Lu but was struck by a large cluster of poison while protected by his White Tiger Protective Barrier.

Chen Ping used his Touch Dragon Staff to counter Dai Huabin’s close-range assault and struck him down despite Dai’s superior rank. The chapter ended with the arena spectators stunned by Chen Ping’s wild, seamless Staff Technique.

• Wu Feng shattered Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Protective Barrier, allowing the Poison Bubbles to corrode his chest and left hand.
• Dai Huabin activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and forced Wu Feng back, but Chen Ping stepped in to block his attack.
• Dai Huabin slapped aside Chen Ping’s thrust and lunged at him, but Chen Ping reversed his staff and tore open Dai’s right palm with its steel fangs.
• Chen Ping struck Dai Huabin’s arms twice with the staff, then leaped over Dai’s White Tiger Fiery Light Wave and split both the attack and Dai with a Cleaving Staff strike.
• The referee and teachers watched in shock as Dai Huabin flew from Chen Ping’s attack and Chen Ping’s Staff Technique was revealed.

Chen Ping fought Dai Huabin and his team in the Soul Arena, using poison and a staff to counter their attacks. Dai Huabin refused to surrender and fused with Zhu Lu as the Hell White Tiger, but Chen Ping exploited their shared injuries and left Dai Huabin screaming as the fusion broke apart.

• Chen Ping sent Dai Huabin flying with a staff strike and told him to admit defeat, but Dai Huabin refused.
• Dai Huabin roared after hearing a teacher compare him unfavorably to Dai Yueheng, and he and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger.
• The poisoned Hell White Tiger pounced at Chen Ping, who evaded it with a Lazy Donkey Roll as Wang Yan recognized that injury sharing had spread their poison effects.
• The Hell White Tiger's Poison Bubbles exploded and weakened it, while Wu Feng fled from the blast.
• Chen Ping struck from behind with his Thrust Staff, violently breaking apart the Hell White Tiger and making Dai Huabin howl in pain.

Chen Ping's team defeated Dai Huabin's team and claimed the New Student Competition championship without a loss. As the academy announced the next day's awards and class assignments, Wu Feng celebrated by leaping onto Chen Ping's back.

• Chen Ping's staff strike shattered the Hell White Tiger, leaving Dai Huabin badly injured and Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie bewildered.
• Dai Huabin surrendered, and Teacher Li used his Tree of Life Martial Soul to remove the toxins and treat him.
• Teachers praised Mu Jin for Chen Ping's victory, while Xuan Zi reflected on Chen Ping's promise to win Core Disciple status.
• Du Weilun declared Chen Ping's team the ultimate champions with a Sixteen-Win Streak and announced the Freshman Assembly for the next morning.
• Wu Feng pounced onto Chen Ping's back and cheered that they had won.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng celebrated winning the Shrek New Student Competition after sixteen straight victories. The next day, Sea God Pavilion elders argued over whether Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao should join the Soul Guidance Department, leaving Chen Ping's placement contested.

• Chen Ping stopped Wu Feng from clinging to him, and he, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng celebrated their championship and recognized one another's contributions.
• Chen Ping promised to cook the others a celebratory meal while continuing his cultivation.
• Mu En ate Chen Ping's Buddha Jumps Over the Wall as Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Liner argued over recruiting talented students for their departments.
• Xian Liner and Qian Duoduo praised Huo Yuhao's and Chen Ping's Soul Engineer potential, while Yan Shaozhe insisted that Chen Ping belonged to the Martial Soul Department and offered Huo Yuhao instead.
• Qian Duoduo challenged the Martial Soul Department to match the Soul Guidance Department's promise to develop Chen Ping into a Soul Douluo and Rank Nine Soul Engineer.

At the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En stopped the Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Departments from fighting over Chen Ping by revealing his relentless training and urging them to let him develop freely. The meeting ended without the Martial Soul Department gaining Chen Ping, while Mu En reassured Elder Xuan that Chen Ping’s secrets were no cause for alarm.

• Yan Shaozhe and Elder Xuan weighed the cost of supporting Chen Ping but still found his potential as a Staff Master too tempting to ignore.
• Mu En asked the Elders to consider Shrek Academy’s purpose and rebuked them for fighting over Chen Ping without knowing his studies or schedule.
• Mu En revealed that Chen Ping kept his Soul Power circulating around the clock and trained across martial studies, Soul Guidance, physical conditioning, and business.
• Mu En declared Chen Ping’s freshman championship team exceptionally strong, leaving the Elders astonished at his workload and ability.
• The meeting ended with the Soul Guidance Department keeping Huo Yuhao while the Martial Soul Department gained no advantage in claiming Chen Ping.
• Mu En told Elder Xuan that Chen Ping’s background was clean and advised him to respect the boy’s privacy and let him develop freely.

Chen Ping's Team was announced as the freshman assessment champion and received rewards for its performance. The ceremony then moved on to the selection of Outer Courtyard Core Disciples, with the students waiting to hear the names.

• Du Weilun announced Huang Chutian's Team in third place and Dai Huabin's Team in second place.
• Du Weilun named Chen Ping's Team, consisting of Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, as the champion.
• Du Weilun announced that each top-three team member could request Academy help obtaining a suitable Soul Ring when needed.
• Du Weilun revealed that Chen Ping's undefeated team would receive a confidential special reward after Class Assignment.
• Du Weilun began announcing the students approved as Outer Courtyard Core Disciples.

After the assessment, Chen Ping learned that Huo Yuhao had risen sharply in the rankings and discussed using his reward to obtain a Second Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Du Weilun hesitating over Chen Ping’s choice of a Demon Eye Magic Tree and considering which dean to bring along.

• Du Weilun announced that Chen Ping, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo had passed the final review, and Chen Ping noticed Huo Yuhao’s unexpectedly high ranking.
• The school assigned students to classes, sending Ning Tian to New Student Class Three and Wang Yan to teach New Student Class One.
• Du Weilun summoned Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng to his office to claim their rewards and advised Chen Ping to delay obtaining his Second Soul Ring until the holidays.
• Chen Ping explained that he had already found a suitable Plant-type Soul Beast and wanted to use his reward for his Second Soul Ring, prompting Du Weilun to offer to escort him.
• Chen Ping revealed that he had chosen a Demon Eye Magic Tree with over a thousand years of cultivation, and Du Weilun hesitated before considering Dean Yan or Dean Cai for the trip.

Du Weilun agreed to take Chen Ping to hunt a Soul Beast for his Second Soul Ring and awarded the championship team a rare Soul Bone. Ning Tian and Wu Feng gave the Earth-Splitting Mammoth Right Leg Bone to Chen Ping, who was left envious of their wealth.

• Du Weilun said he and Shi Xing would take Chen Ping to hunt a Thousand-Year Demon Eye Magic Tree after a brief delay.
• Du Weilun presented Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng with a 2,300-year-old Earth-Splitting Mammoth Right Leg Bone as their championship reward.
• Chen Ping felt his Martial Soul longing to devour the Soul Bone and restrained it from emerging.
• Du Weilun told the three to decide who would receive the Soul Bone and keep the reward secret.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng both offered the Soul Bone to Chen Ping, with Wu Feng explaining that she expected her Sect to give her a better one.
• Chen Ping accepted their reasoning and silently lamented how wealthy his companions were.

Ning Tian began classes in Class Three while Chen Ping and Wu Feng returned to Class One, where Wang Yan started the election for class leaders. Chen Ping and Wu Feng quietly steered their classmates toward Dai Huabin as a candidate, leaving the vote about to take place.

• Chen Ping and Wu Feng walked Ning Tian to Class Three, where her homeroom teacher welcomed her and Chen Ping pointed out the Little Fatty from their first elimination match as someone she could ask for help.
• Chen Ping told Ning Tian to meet him and Wu Feng after school so they could collect her delivery, and she hurried into the classroom with a flushed face.
• Chen Ping and Wu Feng returned to Class One, where Wang Yan announced that the class would elect a Class Monitor and Vice Class Monitor.
• Wang Yan explained that the Power Attack System and Control System positions would alternate monthly and wrote the nominated candidates on the blackboard.
• Chen Ping and Wu Feng pretended to ask how to spell Dai Huabin's name, making sure their classmates noticed him as a possible choice.

After Dai Huabin became class monitor, Chen Ping returned to his dorm to absorb the Earth-Splitting Mammoth Right Leg Bone, but learned his Martial Soul could not devour a soul bone beyond his current physical limit. He also discovered that the Soul Guidance Department had granted him core disciple status and invited him to claim its benefits.

• Dai Huabin won over two-thirds of the class's votes and became class monitor, while Huo Yuhao was elected Control System class monitor.
• Chen Ping tried to have his Touch Dragon Staff devour the Earth-Splitting Mammoth Right Leg Bone, but it did not react.
• Chen Ping asked his system to analyze the problem and learned his Martial Soul could only devour soul bones below the age of soul rings his body could currently absorb.
• Chen Ping put away the soul bone and resolved to improve his physical condition through body tempering.
• Chen Ping opened the box Wang Yan had given him and found a Soul Guidance Department Core Disciple Badge and an invitation to claim its benefits.

Qian Duoduo explained that Chen Ping had earned a Soul Guidance Department Core Disciple position because of his unusually elegant Adder Core Array design, not through Fan Yu. Chen Ping accepted the position, and Qian Duoduo prepared to persuade him to become his disciple, hoping to draw him away from Yan Shaozhe’s influence.

• Qian Duoduo met Chen Ping outside the Soul Guidance Department and told him his core disciple status was unrelated to Fan Yu.
• Qian Duoduo explained that teachers, including Fan Yu, had failed to improve Chen Ping’s optimized Adder Core Array.
• Qian Duoduo offered Chen Ping Soul Guidance Department Core Disciple status alongside his Martial Soul Department position, with additional study requirements.
• Chen Ping accepted the offer and pinned the new badge to his chest.
• Qian Duoduo revealed that he wanted Chen Ping to become his disciple and privately celebrated his plan to undermine Yan Shaozhe.

Chen Ping politely rejected Qian Duoduo’s offer to take him as a disciple, believing his aptitude was too poor, so Qian Duoduo showed him the Soul Guidance Department’s testing zones and introduced him to He Caitou. Chen Ping realized the department had likely noticed Huo Yuhao’s unusual aiming ability early and welcomed He Caitou as his senior brother.

• Chen Ping declined Qian Duoduo’s offer of discipleship, saying his talent was inadequate and he did not want to distract Qian Duoduo from reaching Rank Nine Soul Engineer.
• Qian Duoduo took Chen Ping through the Soul Guidance Device Testing Zone and showed him the different testing areas.
• Qian Duoduo brought Chen Ping to Fan Yu’s Exclusive Testing Zone, where He Caitou tested his Twin Dragon Rapid-Fire Cannon and mentioned that Huo Yuhao had helped him hit every target.
• Chen Ping inferred that the Soul Guidance Department had recognized Huo Yuhao’s potential and may have included him while observing Huo Yuhao.
• Chen Ping introduced himself to He Caitou as a new Soul Guidance Department student and asked him to guide him as a senior brother.

Chen Ping reconsidered his refusal to become Qian Duoduo’s disciple after learning he could use Qian’s quiet testing zone and receive Rare Metal for practice. The chapter ended with Chen Ping rushing to perform the formal bows and ask Qian to accept him as a disciple.

• Chen Ping introduced himself to He Caitou, who welcomed him and offered to help him.
• Qian Duoduo showed Chen Ping the empty Number Twenty Testing Zone and hinted that he could use it.
• Qian Duoduo explained that Soul Engineers needed extensive practice and Rare Metal, which Fan Yu provided for He Caitou.
• Chen Ping asked whether studying under Qian Duoduo would make him repeat a year, and Qian dismissed the concern.
• Chen Ping asked whether Qian’s offer still stood, then bowed three times and asked Qian to accept him as a disciple.

Chen Ping became Qian Duoduo’s disciple and claimed a valuable Golden Crystal Stone as his meeting gift. He then collected the Soul Devouring Evil Blade, whose dangerous aura left him wondering who could purify it.

• Qian Duoduo accepted Chen Ping as his disciple and offered him a Golden Crystal Stone if he could identify it.
• Chen Ping used his system to identify the stone and took the forty-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin meeting gift.
• Chen Ping promised Qian Duoduo some Buddha Jumps Over the Wall as his Apprenticeship Gift.
• Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian visited the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School shop to collect the Soul Devouring Evil Blade.
• The shop employee explained that the blade’s Fierce Aura had damaged its storage ring, so the auction house had supplied a Flame Sun Fine Iron box.
• Chen Ping felt the blade’s Yin Sha Qi, put it away, and wondered who could purify its Fierce Aura.

Chen Ping explained why he had bought the Soul Devouring Evil Blade and suspected the Ranked Engraving Knife List was a Sun Moon Empire sales scheme. The next day, he left Shrek with Du Weilun and Shi Xing to hunt his Second Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest’s Outer Region.

• Chen Ping told Ning Tian that the Soul Devouring Evil Blade contained valuable Gold of Life and that Shrek could remove its curse.
• Ning Tian realized Chen Ping had made huge profits through well-informed buying and selling, and grew more curious about him.
• Du Weilun and Shi Xing met Chen Ping outside the Shrek student dormitory and prepared to accompany him on his Soul Ring hunt.
• Chen Ping, Du Weilun, and Shi Xing greeted Mu En, then set off for the Star Dou Forest with Chen Ping’s supplies, including his Exquisite Thirteen Spices.

Chen Ping cooked a lavish meal for Du Weilun and Shi Xing in the Star Dou Great Forest as they traveled through the Mixed Region. The meal attracted three strangers, who planned to use the trio to distract a ten-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

• Du Weilun cleared a path through the forest and caught several Soul Beasts for lunch.
• Chen Ping prepared and cooked several dishes while Du Weilun introduced his culinary skills to Shi Xing.
• Chen Ping served pork belly skewers, and Du Weilun and Shi Xing eagerly devoured them.
• Chen Ping's food aroma attracted three strangers, who said they could use the trio to draw a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's attention.

Chen Ping, Du Weilun, and Shi Xing were confronted by the Zhongli Evil Soul Three Brothers, who planned to use them as bait for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Du Weilun and Shi Xing killed Zhongli Ren and pursued the other brothers, but when Chen Ping examined the corpse, a withered hand seized his right hand.

• The Zhongli Evil Soul Three Brothers arrived and threatened Chen Ping, Du Weilun, and Shi Xing, ordering them to stay and serve as bait for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Du Weilun and Shi Xing revealed their Soul Douluo strength, causing Zhongli Tian and Zhongli Di to flee while Shi Xing sealed Zhongli Ren in place.
• Du Weilun struck Zhongli Ren with Extreme Gang: Howling Wind, killing him and splattering Chen Ping with blood.
• Du Weilun and Shi Xing pursued Zhongli Tian and Zhongli Di, leaving Chen Ping beside Zhongli Ren's corpse.
• Chen Ping examined Zhongli Ren's body, but a withered hand suddenly clamped around his right hand.

Zhongli Ren survived his injuries with his Life Refinement Soul Skill and abducted Chen Ping, who learned how the skill worked while searching for a way to escape. Du Weilun and Shi Xing traced their route, while a golden-haired Soul Beast arrived too late to find Chen Ping’s scent.

• Zhongli Ren seized Chen Ping, repaired his damaged organs with Life Refinement, and forced Chen Ping to reveal that his prepared ingredients were nearby.
• Zhongli Ren carried Chen Ping away, and Chen Ping spent more than eight thousand Points learning the effects of Zhongli Ren’s Soul Skills.
• Du Weilun and Shi Xing returned to find Chen Ping and Zhongli Ren gone, then used Shi Xing’s Time-Space Silver Disc to retrace Zhongli Ren’s escape and pursue them.
• A golden-haired Soul Beast arrived after Du Weilun and Shi Xing had left, but it could no longer follow Chen Ping’s scent.